Co-sleeping Clicky Poll

EMLYNNLERETTE · January 2012

This has been a topic that I think about on a daily basis and was wondering what other co-sleeping couples are thinking in terms of when baby is getting the boot. I am totally torn, sometimes I think she is ready and other times, not so much. What is your plan for when the time comes or if you have already gotten your bed back, how did you do it?

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kas80 · January 2012

We are starting sleep training this weekend to get her into her crib that's next to our bed (and out of our bed). She'll be 7 months. We'll see how it goes though, if she's not ready, we'll wait a month and try again rinse and repeat until it sticks. We plan on having her crib in our room until after she's a year old.

cassoppea · January 2012

We've been bed-sharing full time since around 3 months. She would sleep in the PNP before that and come into bed in the morning to nurse. Eventually we just moved her full time into our bed because she wakes up frequently to nurse and I am working (I need sleep!). It just made it easier, and I really enjoy her sleeping with us.

That being said, we are actually transitioning her to her crib this week. (This is night two) She used to sleep better in bed with us but now I think she's waking more because of it. MH and I are ready to have our bed back as well.

I think it's been harder on me than anyone else. I am having a really tough time with her in the next room - I just feel like I should be there with her. But she's doing well and I know this is best for everyone.

SarahinRichmond · January 2012

We started transitioning Nicholas to his crib last week. He spent the first half of the night in his crib then ended up in our bed after waking up in the middle of the night to nurse. This weekend we were at my mom's so he slept in a PnP in our room for the whole night. Tonight he's back in his nursery. So far its going pretty well although I do kinda miss having him snuggled up next to me!

pammeelala · January 2012

SS... I always said there was no way I would ever cosleep. However, there were times when we couldn't get him to sleep any other way. It was rarely more than a night or two in a week, and it happens very rarely at all now. Maybe twice last month.

MommaA117 · January 2012

I was thinking about posting a poll like this earlier today.

Honestly, I can't/don't want to part with her yet. DH and I are both totally fine with this.

She is in the PnP right next to me and in the mornings when he leaves I pull her in with me to nap. I LOVE having her near.

rattlecanqueen · January 2012

I voted SS and here's why: We never intended on co-sleeping. He slept in his PNP and occasionally I'd fall asleep w/him while nursing. He got to the point where he slept 6 hours and we were considering transitioning to his crib. We'll he turned 4 months and sleep as we knew it was over. He'd sleep in bed with us, but not even in the PNP. We get up at 4:00 am, so this 1.5-2 hr stretch sucked so cosleeping was the lesser of to evils (not that it's bad lol). Now he's to the point where he'll CIO in his crib, but come midnight he's inour bed. Ideally, I'd commit and go in nurse and let him CIO, but we've lost the momentum due to illness and holidays. I don't mind cosleeping except it's really uncomfortable and MH doesn't like it (he's scared we'll smother him or something, which I understand that fear). Hopefully we'll get back on track. Sorry about the length, good gracious! Gold medal if you made it!

LexGator · January 2012

We are cosleeping out of necessity bc DD refuses her crib. I continue to try, and if/when she accepts it, we'll move her. Frankly, I don't have the energy to sleep train because I'm still just getting enough sleep to get by as is.

stuck322 · January 2012

We were a co-sleeping family for the first few months. It was the only way LO would go to sleep and sleep through the night. We moved her into her crib around 5 months and have been sleep training since. Somehow though she always ends up in our bed at some point. I could get up 12 times in 2 hrs with her in the crib, but as soon as I bring her to bed with me she is out for the remainder of the night. WTH!!! I'm ready to have my bed back.

cassoppea · January 2012

secondaryPULSE:
Wow. 22% of those polled think we're crazy for co-sleeping? Really?

I think bed sharing gets a bad reputation in the US because of a few stupid people make the news because they were drunk and rolled on thier kid on a couch. Western culture is really big on independence and insists on sticking babies in cribs to sleep by themselves. Many countries around the world bedshare/co sleep until the children are much older. I see nothing wrong with it if it works for the family and is done safely.

mesr · January 2012

i voted 12+ months, but maybe i should have chosen the first option. dd1 slept in our bed for 20 months. then we transitioned her to her own bed, but often i slept with her there. now dh sleeps with her in her bed while i co-sleep with dd2. my goal is to have dd2 in my bed for at least 18 months and then to have her sleeping in the same bed as dd1 while dh and i finally get our own bed back.

kenyakeetah · January 2012

We already have our bed back - but I voted SS because our DS will come back in with us if he is having a hard time getting settled, isn't feeling well or is feeling extra snuggly. So we very Part time co-sleep be it for a few hours or all night when he needs it

ShangriLaRose · January 2012

We used to mostly just straight co-sleep... but Mila has been in her crib for awhile now. About two months or so. She'll still sleep with us if she's having a bad/rough night, which usually isn't too often. I don't mind continuing to co sleep as she needs it. Shoot, when Creedyn has bad nights, we still let him crawl in bed with us and sleep in our bed the rest of the night.

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